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ARRA-73 5 <br />8/09 <br />15. Data to be Furnished to the County. All information which is existing, readily available to the <br />Area Agency without cost and reasonably necessary, as determined by the Area Agency's staff, <br />for the performance of this Agreement by the County shall be furnished to the County and <br />community service providers without charge by the Area Agency. The Area Agency, its agents <br />and employees, shall fully cooperate, with the County in the performance of the County's duties <br />under this Agreement. <br />16. Rights in Documents Materials and Data Produced. The County and community service <br />providers agree that at the discretion of the Area Agency, all reports and other data prepared by <br />or for it under the terms of this Agreement shall be delivered to, become and remain, the <br />property of the Area Agency upon termination or completion of the work. Both the Area <br />Agency and the County shall have the right to use same without restriction or limitation and <br />without compensation to the other. For the purposes of this Agreement, "data" includes <br />writings, sound recordings, or other graphic representations, and works of similar nature. No <br />reports or other documents produced in whole or in part under this Agreement shall be the <br />subject of an application for copyright by or on behalf of the County. <br />17. Interest of the Board of Commissioners. The Board of Commissioners covenants that neither <br />the Board of Commissioners nor its agents or employees presently has an interest, nor shall <br />acquire an interest, direct or indirect, which conflicts in any manner or degree with the <br />performance of its service hereunder, or which would prevent, or tend to prevent, the <br />satisfactory performance of the service hereunder in an impartial and unbiased manner. <br />18. Interest of Members of the Area Agency Lead Regional Organization and Others. No officer, <br />member or employee of the Area Agency or Lead Regional Organization, and no public official <br />of any local government which is affected in any way by the Project, who exercises any <br />function or responsibilities in the review or approval of the Project or any component part <br />thereof, shall participate in any decisions relating to this Agreement which affects his personal <br />interest or the interest of any corporation, partnership or association in which he is, directly or <br />indirectly, interested; nor shall any such persons have any interest, direct or indirect, in this <br />Agreement or the proceeds arising therefrom. <br />19. Officials not to Benefit. No member of or delegate to the Congress of the United States of <br />America, resident Commissioner or employee of the United States Government, shall be <br />entitled to any share or part of this Agreement or any benefits to arise herefrom. <br />20. Prohibition Against Use of Funds to Influence Legislation. No part of any funds under this <br />Agreement shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any employee or agent acting on <br />behalf of the County to engage in any activity designed to influence legislation or <br />appropriations pending before Congress. <br />